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Over 4.6 million foreign tourists visit Vietnam in Q1

Vietnam has welcomed over 4.6 million foreign tourist arrivals in the first quarter of this year, up 72% year-on-year, and 3.2% compared to the figure recorded in the same period of 2019 before the COVID-19 outbreak, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on March 29.
Over 4.6 million foreign tourists visit Vietnam in Q1 ảnh 1In March, nearly 1.6 million international tourists visit Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has welcomed over 4.6 million foreign touristarrivals in the first quarter of this year, up 72% year-on-year, and 3.2%compared to the figure recorded in the same period of 2019 before the COVID-19outbreak, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on March 29.

The GSO attributed the result to favourablevisa policies, tourism stimulus programmes, and efforts made by localauthorities and the sector.

Among the foreign arrivals, 83.6% have travelledto Vietnam by air, 13.5% by road and 2.9% by sea.

Revenue from accommodation and foodservices in the first quarter is estimated at 174.8 trillion VND (6.98 billionUSD), and from travel and tourism activities at 14.1 trillion VND, up 46.3% year-on-year.

In the period, 1.2 million Vietnamesepeople travelled abroad, a year-on-year rise of 11.5%.

In March alone, nearly 1.6 million internationaltourists have visited Vietnam, leading to a month-on-month increase of 4.4%.

This year, the tourism sector set targetsof serving 18 million foreign tourists and 110 million domestic ones, andearning 850 trillion VND from visitors.

To that end, the Vietnam National Authorityof Tourism said that efforts will be made to carry out promotion activities,diversify products and services, and the tourism sector will coordinate with other sectors such asagriculture and industry to create products that increase the length of visitors' stay in Vietnam and thus spending./.
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